Should I start Xavier Worthy or Rashod Bateman in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Xavier Worthy, and the board ranks him 132nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rashod Bateman, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Xavier Worthy is 2.2 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Rashod Bateman is 1.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Xavier Worthy's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 81 percent of KC snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.3 air yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LAC he caught 7 of 7 targets for 73 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 70 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 1 of its 25 chances inside the five and seen 9 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 12.4 air yards.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against ATL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 62 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CLE he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Worthy was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Xavier Worthy scored 7.9 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 3.6 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Xavier Worthy had 35 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 73 to 38.

Xavier Worthy had 308 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 532 to 224.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 70 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 20 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rashod Bateman is listed as out on the injury report.